Migrating from VB to VB.NET

[InertiaM]

Well, after many years of programming in VB, I have finally decided to take the plunge and move to VB.NET.

My first stumbling block appears to be with the huge number of classes that I have built up over the years. I reuse them in the many projects that I write, but every time I change them, they automatically update for all the other projects. When I tried to do this in VB.NET, it seems to import the class structure and not reference it - ie it creates a standalone copy. Is this correct, or am I missing something?

I'm sure I'll be back with other questions in the future

 

[.paul.]

you are correct. it makes a copy

 

[InertiaM]

I've answered my own question!

When you go to "Add existing file", select the file (without double-clicking) and instead of pressing Open, use the dropdown at the side of the Open button to change it to "Link File". Seems to work anyway

 

[JohnH]

You can also add your common classes to Class Library projects and reference the built dlls from development projects.